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03-03-2025
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SpaceX launches 21 Starlink satellites to orbit, loses Falcon 9 booster after landing (video)
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. SpaceX launched a batch of 21 Starlink internet satellites from Florida's Space Coast on Sunday night (March 2). The Falcon 9 rocket flying the mission lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 9:24 p.m. ET (0224 GMT on March 3), carrying the Starlink 12-20 mission — which included 13 satellites with direct-to-cell capability — to low Earth orbit. The Falcon 9's first stage returned to Earth a little more than eight minutes after liftoff. The booster, known by the designation B1086, touched down in the Atlantic Ocean on SpaceX's "Just Read the Instructions" droneship, about 250 miles (400 kilometers) off the coast of Florida. However, that booster was lost shortly after landing. Booster 1086 missions: GOES-U | Maxar 3 | 3 Starlink missions "Following the successful landing, an off-nominal fire in the aft end of the rocket damaged one of the booster's landing legs, which resulted in it tipping over," SpaceX wrote in a mission description. "While disappointing to lose a rocket after a successful mission, the team will use the data to make Falcon even more reliable on ascent and landing." This was the fifth and final launch for the B1086 booster, which flew three previous Starlink missions, as well as the GOES-U and Maxar 3 missions. The Falcon 9's upper stage, meanwhile, continued its ascent to orbit, where it deployed the 21 Starlink satellites about 65 minutes after liftoff as planned. The new batch of Starlinks adds to SpaceX's growing megaconstellation of space-based broadband satellites, designed to provide high-speed internet access across the globe. This launch marked SpaceX's 26th Falcon 9 mission of 2025, of which 19 have been dedicated to the company's Starlink network. SpaceX currently has more than 7,000 operational Starlink satellites in low Earth orbit, according to a database created by astronomer Jonathan McDowell, who regularly tracks the Starlink constellation.
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03-03-2025
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SpaceX launches 21 Starlink satellites to orbit, loses Falcon 9 booster after landing (video)
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. SpaceX launched a batch of 21 Starlink internet satellites from Florida's Space Coast on Sunday night (March 2). The Falcon 9 rocket flying the mission lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 9:24 p.m. ET (0224 GMT on March 3), carrying the Starlink 12-20 mission — which included 13 satellites with direct-to-cell capability — to low Earth orbit. The Falcon 9's first stage returned to Earth a little more than eight minutes after liftoff. The booster, known by the designation B1086, touched down in the Atlantic Ocean on SpaceX's "Just Read the Instructions" droneship, about 250 miles (400 kilometers) off the coast of Florida. However, that booster was lost shortly after landing. Booster 1086 missions: GOES-U | Maxar 3 | 3 Starlink missions "Following the successful landing, an off-nominal fire in the aft end of the rocket damaged one of the booster's landing legs, which resulted in it tipping over," SpaceX wrote in a mission description. "While disappointing to lose a rocket after a successful mission, the team will use the data to make Falcon even more reliable on ascent and landing." This was the fifth and final launch for the B1086 booster, which flew three previous Starlink missions, as well as the GOES-U and Maxar 3 missions. The Falcon 9's upper stage, meanwhile, continued its ascent to orbit, where it deployed the 21 Starlink satellites about 65 minutes after liftoff as planned. The new batch of Starlinks adds to SpaceX's growing megaconstellation of space-based broadband satellites, designed to provide high-speed internet access across the globe. This launch marked SpaceX's 26th Falcon 9 mission of 2025, of which 19 have been dedicated to the company's Starlink network. SpaceX currently has more than 7,000 operational Starlink satellites in low Earth orbit, according to a database created by astronomer Jonathan McDowell, who regularly tracks the Starlink constellation.
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03-03-2025
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WATCH: SpaceX launches 21 Starlink satellites from Florida space force station
COCOA BEACH, Fla. (WFLA) — SpaceX had a Falcon 9 launch of 21 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The launch included 13 satellites with Direct to Cell capabilities. This was the fifth flight for the first stage of this mission. Previously this mission has launched GOES-U, Maxar 3, and two additional Starlink missions. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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03-03-2025
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SpaceX sends up Starlink satellites Sunday night from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
SpaceX launched another Falcon 9 rocket during Sunday night's Oscars ceremony, sending up another payload of 21 Starlink broadband satellites into low-Earth orbit from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The Starlink 12-20 mission lifted off at 9:24 p.m. EST from Launch Complex 40. The SpaceX mission marked the 20th orbital rocket launch of the year thus far from Florida's Space Coast. Sunday's prime-time liftoff occurred during stellar meteorological conditions. The Space Force's 45th Weather Squadron had forecasted a 90% chance of "go for launch" weather, with liftoff winds and cumulus clouds representing slim threats. Cape Canaveral: Is there a launch today? Upcoming SpaceX, NASA rocket launch schedule at Cape Canaveral Ten minutes before liftoff, rocket fueling was well underway at the pad. SpaceX crews rattled off a list of key countdown milestones before liftoff. T-minus: 7 minutes: Falcon 9 begins engine chill prior to launch. 1 minute: Command flight computer begins final prelaunch checks; propellant tank pressurization to flight pressure begins. 45 seconds: SpaceX launch director verifies 'go for launch.' 3 seconds: Engine controller commands engine ignition sequence to start. 0 seconds: Falcon 9 liftoff. Sunday's launch marked the Falcon 9 first-stage booster's fifth flight, SpaceX reported. This booster previously launched GOES-U, Maxar 3 and two Starlink missions. Following stage separation, the booster returned to Earth for a landing atop the SpaceX drone ship Just Read the Instructions in the Atlantic Ocean. Looking past Sunday's liftoff, SpaceX is targeting early Wednesday morning for another Falcon 9 launch on a Starlink mission, a Federal Aviation Administration operations plan advisory shows. The 4½-hour launch window extends from 1 a.m. to 5:31 a.m. Live FLORIDA TODAY Space Team coverage kicks off 90 minutes before liftoff at Rick Neale is a Space Reporter at FLORIDA TODAY. Contact Neale at Rneale@ Twitter/X: @RickNeale1 Space is important to us and that's why we're working to bring you top coverage of the industry and Florida launches. Journalism like this takes time and resources. Please support it with a subscription here. This article originally appeared on Florida Today: SpaceX launches Starlink satellites Sunday aboard rocket from Florida
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05-02-2025
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No, you didn't see a UFO or a meteor on Tuesday night. What flew past Delaware on Feb. 4
Did you see that bright light in the sky on Tuesday night? Plenty of people in the region did, but despite the guesses about shooting stars, meteors and unidentified aerial phenomena, it turned out to be none of those. The American Meteor Society received 17 reports of a fireball seen over Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Virginia on Tuesday at around 6:20 p.m. In Delaware, Tim Levin reported seeing something in the sky from Newark at 6:19 p.m. 'Maybe unrelated, but there was a mild but unusual 'burnt' smell in the air maybe 20 minutes afterwards,' Levin wrote in his online report. He said the sighting lasted for about 20 seconds and had a glowing trail, with what looked to be smoke, that faded after a while. Other Delaware residents took to social media Tuesday evening to inquire about what the disturbance in the sky was and ask if others saw it, too. In Conway, South Carolina, Ross E. saw something similar at 6:20 p.m. that lasted for about 45 seconds and was blue and white. 'One of the craziest things I have ever seen with my own eyes,' he wrote in his report. 'Me and my father were working on a car and out of the corner of my eye I saw it and we watched it go from one side of the night sky to the other.' Sorry to burst your bubble, everyone, but that was no fireball. It was actually a rocket launch, the American Meteor Society confirmed. On Feb. 4, 21 Starlink satellites were launched by Falcon 9 at 5:15 a.m. from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, along with the Maxar 3 mission from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center, in Florida. Newark news: Former state lawmaker, Newark residents file petition to attorney general over fields While it might be a letdown that it wasn't a fireball, spotting a rocket launch is still a cool sight to see, especially when it lights up the night sky like something out of a sci-fi film. As for fireballs spotted in the area, the American Meteor Society has received reports of three separate sightings in Delaware so far in 2025. The first was on Jan. 1 at 6:38 a.m., followed by one on Jan. 23 at 8:01 p.m. and another on Jan. 29 at 6:15 p.m. Got a tip or a story idea? Contact Krys'tal Griffin at kgriffin@ This article originally appeared on Delaware News Journal: Delawareans recount seeing something glow in the sky on Tuesday
